Area variations in health: A spatial multilevel modeling approach

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 824-831

  Arcaya, Mariana ^a   Brewster, Mark ^b   Zigler, Corwin M ^a   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic variability; Life expectancy; Multilevel modeling; Spatial analysis; States; U.S. counties

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861931882     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.03.010     Document Type: Article

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